Read reports about the history and status of anadromous steelhead and Chinook in the California region served by Santa Clara County Water District (SCVWD)

Advised non-governmental organizations about the status of anadromous salmonids in the SCVWD region as well as how to monitor the status and restore the salmonid runs.

Evaluated the Environmental Impact Report prepared in support of a legal settlement among stakeholders. Proposed alternatives approaches for future implementation.

Participated in technical workshops between SCVWD, NGOs, and government agencies to help design approaches to monitor and restore anadromous salmonid runs in Santa Clara County.

Determination of navigability for title purposes, private client, CA (2015)

Performed historical research on the hydrology, geology, and economics of a river of historical significance as it existed at the time of Statehood.

Assessed navigability for title purposes drawing on historical and modern laws and judicial decisions.

Channel stability assessment contractor, Yuba City, CA (2013)

Performed studies in collaboration with ESA PWA to determine the best location for a new wastewater outfall pipe in the Feather River near Yuba City. Studies included historical geomorphic analysis, bathymetric mapping, topographic change detection for 1999-2013, 2D hydrodynamic modeling, and water level monitoring.

River rehabilitation contractor, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA (2010-2012)

Performed studies and wrote the Gravel Augmentation Implementation Plan for gravel/cobble addition to the lower yuba River below Englebright Dam.

Wrote a review of the 2012 Biological Opinion of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Ongoing Operation and Maintenance of Englebright Dam and Reservoir, and Daguerre Point Dam on the Lower Yuba River

River assessment contractor, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA (2009)

Performed studies and wrote technical report related to the current status of the November 2007 injection of gravel into the Englebright Dam Reach on the Lower Yuba River.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Geophysical Union, Consortium of Universities For the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, River Management Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, Universities Council on Water Resources, American Canoe Association, Sigma Xi Research Society.

BOOKS

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

(* indicates lead author was a graduate student advised by Dr. Pasternack, ** indicates lead author was an undergraduate student advised by Dr. Pasternack, and ^ indicates lead author was a postdoctoral researcher advised by Dr. Pasternack)

*Senter, A. E. and Pasternack, G. B. 2010. Large wood aids spawning Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in marginal habitat on a regulated river in California. River Research and Applications, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1388.

*Escobar-Arias, M. I. and Pasternack, G. B. 2011. Differences in River Ecological Functions Due to Rapid Channel Alteration Processes in Two California Rivers Using the Functional Flows Model, Part 2- Model Applications. River Research and Applications 27:1-22, doi: 10.1002/rra.1335.

^Gao, P., Pasternack, G. B., Bali, K., and Wallender, W. 2005. Impact of agricultural practices on soil erosion at the field-scale in the Salton Sea watershed. In (M. Svendsen, D. Wichelns, S. S. Anderson, Eds) Water District Management and Governance- Third International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, March 30 - April 2, San Diego, CA. US Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, Denver, CO, p. 571-580.

Pasternack, G. B., Abu-Aly, T. 2014. Effects of LiDAR-derided, spatially-distributed vegetative roughness on 2D hydraulics in a gravel-cobble river at flows of 0.2 to 20 times bankfull. 10th International Conference on Ecohydraulics, June 23-27, Trondheim, Norway.

*Brown, R. A. and Pasternack, G. B. 2014. Assessment of the 2012 gravel/cobble augmentation in the Englebright Dam reach of the lower Yuba River, CA in response to atmospheric river floods. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 37pp.

*Vaughan, M. C. and Pasternack, G. B. 2014. Aerial mapping of streamwood and human-built detritus available as cover in the lower Yuba River in autumn 2008. Prepared for the Yuba Accord River Management Team. University of California, Davis, CA.

*Vaughan, M. C., Pasternack, G. B., Senter, A. E., Dahlke, H. E. 2014. Local and watershed controls on large wood storage in a mountainous stream network. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 64pp.

*Vaughan, M. C., Senter, A. E., Pasternack, G. B. 2014. Streamwood storage in the reservoirs of the upper Yuba River watershed, fall 2013. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 3pp.

*Tillmann, L. S., Pasternack, G. B. 2015. Aerial mapping of wood stored in the Englebright Dam Reach of the Lower Yuba River, California during autumn 2011 and 2012. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 23pp.

*Senter, A.E., Pasternack, G.B., Vaughan, M.C., Lehyan, J.S. 2015. Wood discharge is explained by stream discharge variations at multiple temporal scales in a Mediterranean-montane climate setting. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA.

*Senter, A. E., Pasternack, G. B., Vaughan, M. C. 2015. Wood export volume as a function of peak discharge and geomorphic factors is small compared to wood availability at the watershed scale. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA.

Pasternack, G. B. 2010. Gravel/Cobble Augmentation Implementation Plan (GAIP) for the Englebright Dam Reach of the Lower Yuba River, CA. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Pasternack, G. B. 2010. Estimate of the number of spring-run Chinook salmon that could be supported by spawning habitat rehabilitation at Sinoro Bar on the lower Yuba River. Prepared for the Habitat Expansion Agreement Steering Committee, California Department of Water Resources and Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

Pasternack, G. B. 2010. Estimate of the number of spring-run Chinook salmon supportable by spawning habitat rehabilitation in the Narrows Reach of the lower Yuba River. Prepared for the Habitat Expansion Agreement Steering Committee, California Department of Water Resources and Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

Pasternack, G. B. 2012. Englebright Dam removal opportunities and concerns considering lessons from historical and national references. Prepared for Yuba County Water Agency.

Pasternack, G. B. 2012. Assessment of Geomorphology and Habitat Related Statements in the NMFS Biological Opinion of Continued Operation and Maintenance of Englebright Dam and Reservoir, Daguerre Point Dam, and Recreational Facilities On and Around Englebright Reservoir. Prepared for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Englebright/Marlis Creek Lakes.

Pasternack, G. B. and ESA PWA. 2013. Hydrogeomorphic investigation of diffuser siting options in the Feather River downstream of Shanghai Bend. Prepared for City of Yuba City and Linda County Water District.

Brown, K. J. and Pasternack, G. B. 2001. Historical and contemporary dynamics near the head of the Sacramento Delta, California, USA: A multi-disciplinary approach to restoration. European Union of Geosciences XI Meeting, Strasbourg, France, April 8-12.

Pasternack, G. B. 2001. Spatial Patterns of Biogeomorphic Control on Sedimentation and Substrate on a Vegetated Tidal Freshwater Delta in upper Chesapeake Bay. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82:20:S105.

Brown, K. J. and Pasternack, G. B. 2001. Paleoenvironmental history of a drained tidal freshwater wetland in the Sacramento Delta, California. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82:47:F170.

Valle, B. L. and Pasternack, G. B. 2001. High-Resolution Field Measurements of Water and Bed Surface Profiles for two Bedrock Downsteps on the Upper South Fork American River, CAEOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82:47:F506.

Pasternack, G. B. 2006. If we restored dynamic, functional rivers to the central valley, would we know what to do with them? 4th Biennial CALFED Science Conference 2006 Making Sense of Complexity: Science for a Changing Environment, Sacramento, CA.

Hu, D. H., Fulton, A. A., and Pasternack, G. B. 2007. Gravel augmentation in support of the spring-run chinook population of the lower Yuba River. 8th Biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, A Grener Shade of Blue, October 16-18, Oakland, CA.

Escobar, M. and Pasternack, G. B. 2007. Changes in river ecological functionality due to rapid alterations of channel morphology in two California rivers. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 39:6:427.

Pasternack, G. B. 2008. What Does It Take For A Regulated Central Valley River To Have Ecological Functionality? 5th Biennial CALFED Science Conference 2008, Global Perspectives and Regional Results: Science and Management in the Bay-Delta System, Sacramento, CA.

"Sea level rise-processes and evidence", "Sea level rise- environmental and economic impacts", and a field trip presentation on the history of Otter Point Creek Marsh and sedimentation in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Workshop on Sea Level Rise in the Chesapeake Bay, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland, July 23-24, 1996.

"History and dynamics of the Otter Point Creek subestuary and a field trip presentation on marsh ecology in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Educator's Workshop for Secondary and Community College Teachers, The Chesapeake Bay-MD National Estuarine Research Reserve, Anita C. Leight Estuary Center, Abingdon, MD, July 23, 1997.

"River Restoration as an Engineering Design Problem", University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 20, 2004.

"River Restoration as a Science-based Design Problem", University of California at Santa Barbara, 2006.

"River Restoration as a Science-based Design Problem", University of Arizona, 2007.

"Fish Spawning and Channel Change Patterns on the Dynamic Lower Yuba River", University of California Sierra Foothills Research and Extension Center, Beef & Range Field Day, April 19, 2007.

"What Does It Take For A Regulated Central Valley River To Have Ecological Functionality?", CALFED Brown Bag Seminar Series, 2008.

"The Case Of The River Degraded So Badly That Now It Is Pristine", Gold Country Fly Fishers, January 6, 2009.

"Here is How We Can Dramatically Improve Regulated Central Valley Rivers and Still Use The Water For Food, Energy, and Society", Sacramento River Conservation Area Forum, Board Renewal Conference, January 27-28, 2010.

“Haute Couture Design Of Channels And Floodplains For Ecosystem Needs in the 21st Century". University of Melbourne- Parkville Campus, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Parkville, VIC, September 2, 2016.

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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Wesleyan University Andrew McKenna fund grant of $2000 for environmental research (1992).

Wesleyan University Stern fund 50% support for travel/expenses to participate in field education on coral reef ecology and geology, SouthWater Cay, Belize (1992).

International Working Group on Crater Lakes (IWGCL) 50% support for travel/expenses to present results at the third meeting of the IWGCL, Misasa, Japan (1992).

Maybelle B. and John T. Tucker Merit Fellowship of $5976.50 for graduate study at University of California, Berkeley (1993).

American Geophysical Union 40% support for travel/expenses to present results at the 1996 AGU Chapman Conference on crater lakes, terrestrial degassing, and hyper-acid fluids in the environment (1996).

Otter Point Creek Alliance Outstanding Research Award (1997).

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Certificate of Appreciation for wetland research in the NOAA NERRS program (1998).